Rare TV Crime Classics: Martin Kane / Paris Precinct / - DVD

MARTIN KANE, PRIVATE EYE - Movie Theater Murder: Martin Kane, Private Eye aired live on NBC from 1949-'54 and earned an Emmy nomination in 1953 as Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program. In 1957, the series was revived as a syndicated series with William Gargan reprising the title role. Starring William Gargan, Walter Greaza, Walter Kinsella and Harold J. Stone.BOSTON BLACKIE - So Was Goliath: Boston Blackie had been a popular film s

A collection of hard-to-find mystery shows, unseen since the Golden Age of Television!Sherlock Holmes "The Man Who Disappeared" (1951): Sherlock Holmes trails a missing businessman to a secret opium den in this long-lost TV pilot. Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Man with the Twisted Lip", this 1951 production was meant to introduce a series of big-budget Sherlock Holmes adaptations for television. Despite the involvement of famed

HERALD PLAYHOUSE (SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE OF STARS) - Rabbit's Foot (1954):Stephen McNally stars in this suspense thriller as Frank Dyson, an ex-baseball player-turned-thief and killer. Having just committed a payroll robbery, he successfully passes himself off as an investigating detective, but his superstitious nature proves to be his undoing. Director Christian Nyby is best remembered for the 1951 classic The Thing From Another World. Star